Verchick is one of approximately 1,100 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program in 2012-13.

While in India, Verchick will study the cities of New Delhi, Mumbai and Calcutta. The purpose of Verchick’s book is to start a public conversation about the threats posed by climate change and the need to build climate resilience into urban areas.

“Cities face many threats from global warming, including sea level rise, heat waves, more erratic storms and floods and insect-borne disease. The book is about my search for ‘climate-ready cities’ in the U.S. and abroad, that is, cities that are attempting to identify their vulnerabilities to climate change and address those vulnerabilities,” Verchick said.

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.

Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields. The program operates in more than 155 countries worldwide.

Fulbright alumni have achieved distinction in government, science, the arts, business, philanthropy, education and athletics. Forty-three Fulbright alumni from 11 countries have been awarded the Nobel Prize, and 75 alumni have received Pulitzer Prizes.

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